About the film

Help Point is a short film written and directed by Andrew Margetson and starring Cian Barry, Ruta Gedmintas, and John Thomson as the voice of the Help Point. It was shot on location in London in the Summer of2013. The dialogue was all recorded on location - in between (and during) planes taking off and landing!

The film was produced by Nick Hudson, shot by Federico Alfonzo and edited by David Webb at Final Cut. The original score was composed in Sweden by Music Super Circus and the sound design was by Joe Cochrane at Splice. Post production was done by MPC with a special thanks to Jean-Clement Soret who did the grade there.

The film has played at more than 50 film festivals and picked up 15 festival awards. It is now being distributed internationally by Network Ireland Television. It's available on Amazon video.

Duration

12 minutes, 32 seconds

Synopsis

Jack has lost his car in a vast airport car park where he meets Maya in the same predicament. Together they go to the‘Help Point’ who eventually agrees to find their cars. Stuck at a bus stop with twenty minutes to kill, Jack can’t resist trying to charm Maya who, in turn, starts to confide in him. But an unexpected interruption means the budding relationship doesn’t quite work out as planned.